The Dock on Apple computers, including the MacBook Pro, is also sometimes called the toolbar. The Dock includes icons, or aliases, of applications on your computer. These icons can be clicked on to open the applications. The Dock can be placed either on the left or right side of the computer's screen, or on the bottom, and you can add or remove icons to customize the look of your screen to your liking.

Place your cursor over the icon in the toolbar, or Dock, that you want to remove.

Click your mouse or Trackpad and hold down the button.

Lift the icon out of the Dock while clicking and scrolling up or out, depending on where the Dock sits. Release the mouse or Trackpad.

Tip

After your lift the icon out of the Dock, an animated cloud image will appear and the icon will disappear in a puff of "smoke." If you'd like the icon to appear in your Dock again after you have removed it, go to your Applications folder, open the application, and the icon will reappear in the Dock. To ensure that it stays in the Dock, click on the icon and select "Keep in Dock" in the context menu.

About the Author

David Penick is a writer, editor and copy editor with more than 17 years of editorial experience, mainly in New York publishing. Penick began working as a freelance writer in 2004, and is currently based out of Austin, Texas. He is the former deputy copy chief for "Entertainment Weekly" magazine, and has worked at such publications as "Rolling Stone," "Real Simple" and "Details."